Ate breakfast at a restaurant overlooking the Caldera (a huge cliff lined with hotels and restaurants above the water). I had a Greek omelet and Greek coffee, Shannon had a Greek salad, and Emily had bacon and eggs. After breakfast we wandered through the narrow streets of Fira. Emily and Shannon looked at jewelry, I drooled over some astounding chess sets that I regretfully did not buy.

At 1:30 we took a bus to Piressa, a beach on the south eastern part of the island. It was a windswept black sand beach bordered by cafes and a huge cliff. We spent a couple hours reading and hanging out under umbrellas (which we had to rent), before heading back to Fira.

Watched Olympic trials (or something) we couldn't really figure out what we were seeing - just a bunch of people jumping over stuff. I had my best meal of the trip (curry chicken) at a restaurant near the Caldera.